Class Notes: Four honored for perfect writing scores

Four Rutherford County Schools students were honored for perfect scores on last year's TCAP writing assessment during a school board meeting Thursday. The students are, from left, Keiko Terry, Grant Tiller, Peyton Turney and Thelma Yankey.(Photo: Brian Wilson/DNJ)Buy Photo

A pool of high-quality candidates with a variety of backgrounds and career interests showed up at the job fair at Siegel High School, said Barnes during a Rutherford County Board of Education work session Tuesday.

"Middle school and high schools are often our challenge, but they had a large number of candidates there for the full two hours we kept the fair open," Barnes said during the work session.

Twelve preliminary teaching contracts were signed by the end of the job fair, Barnes said. As of Tuesday, more than 30 preliminary contracts had been signed, including nine in high school math and two in chemistry, she said.

Murfreesboro City Schools job fair set

MURFREESBORO — A job fair for prospective Murfreesboro City Schools teachers is scheduled March 19 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at Scales Elementary, according to the school system's website.

Applicants are encouraged to bring resumes or portfolios and be prepared to interview.

System officials started offering virtual interviews in late February, the website stated.

MURFREESBORO — A free health screening will be offered at two Rutherford County schools March 12 for children between 6 months and 4 years old.

The events will be at Barfield Elementary School in Murfreesboro and Stewartsboro Elementary School in Smyrna from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., according to a flier announcing the screenings. No appointments are necessary.

The screenings will be targeted for toddlers who may have vision, hearing, speech or learning problems.

They are not intended for children who are entering kindergarten in fall 2016, according to the flier announcing the events.

For more information, contact Rutherford County Schools at 615-893-5812, extension 22057 or 22035.

McPhee honored at AdvancEd conference

Connie J. Smith, director of Advanc-ED Tennessee, presents MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee on Thursday with the organization’s 2016 Leadership in Education Award for his efforts to support STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) learning in primary, secondary and higher education.(Photo: MTSU)

MURFREESBORO — Middle Tennessee State University Sidney McPhee received a leadership award at the end of a conference for science, technology, engineering and mathematics education on campus this week, according to an university release.

McPhee was honored with the Leader in Education Award at the AdvancED Tennessee STEM Summit Monday and Tuesday.

The conference brought hundreds of public and private teachers and educators together to speak and reflect about how to expand STEM education, according to the release.

Blackman grad gets scholarship

MURFREESBORO — The Blackman Community Club awarded a $750 scholarship to Blackman High School graduate Abby Gass in February, according to a release from the club.

Gass, the daughter of Steve and Patty Gass, is enrolled at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.

The club honors one graduating senior each year from Blackman or Stewarts Creek High Schools. Students from the Blackman community who go to Central Magnet School, are homeschooled or received "Christian-based schooling", the release stated.